Calverton
St Wilfrid

War Memorial

Memorials for those who fell in the First and Second World Wars are on the walls of the church.

First World War

A marble memorial which reads, below the dates 1914 and 1918 surrounding a wreath:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.

JOSEPH AINGER
ROBERT AINGER
ALBERT L. BARDILL
PERCY BARDILL
DAVID BINCH
F. ERNEST BINCH
J. HUGH H. BINCH
WALTER BINCH		    NELSON BROWN
HARRY COOPER
HENRY COOPER
CHARLES A. FOX
CHARLES B. HARRISON
HORACE HIND
HARRY HIND
FREDERICK S. JEFFERY 		   GEORGE J. KIRKHAM
CHARLES C. KIRKHAM
NICHOLAS LEE
EPHRAIM MEADS
SAMUEL MORLEY
W. RANJI MORLEY
WILFRID E. PARKER
GEORGE RICHARDSON		    FRANK C. RICHARDSON

GEORGE F. ROSE
WALTER ROSE
ARTHUR TURTON
HERBERT TURTON
LEWIS V. WIGGETT
J. THOMAS WRIGHT
HARRY WRIGHT

Below the memorial is the name GEORGE WRIGHT, presumably a further casualty added after the memorial was completed.

Second World War

The Second World War memorial is made of brass with a wood surround. Above are the dates 1939 and 1945 surrounding a cross, and beneath this is the inscription:

IN HONOURED MEMORY
GORDON A. BARDILL
W. LESLIE BAGSHAW
VICTOR H. BINCH
J.M. GODFREY BROWNE		   BERNARD W. GROCOCK
WALTER PERKINS
HARRY SISSONS
ROWLAND ULLYATT
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
AND IN GRATITUDE FOR THE LIVES SPARED.